
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis begins rolling out of Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to roll over to the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 11:30 a.m. EDT. In the VAB, Atlantis will be lifted into High Bay 3 and mated to the solid rocket booster-external fuel tank already installed on the mobile launcher platform. Atlantis is targeted to launch May 12 for the STS-125 Hubble servicing mission. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
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March 23, 2009
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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